Broadband forum: The thing cause High ping!

So can we skip copying about ping here and read more about your internet connection such as you disabled the wifi and got wired up with no router for the test run?
Bob

so below is a tracer (trace route) from my system to Cnet forums, and a ping. the tracert shows all the hops along your path and the response at each. Ping shows the total value (but not where the issue is) It is best to ping with more than standard weight. (do a ping /? to see the parameters - i use -l1024 to give better weight).


C:\Users>tracert forums.cnet.com

Tracing route to phx1-rb-gtm1-tron-xw-lb.cnet.com [64.30.224.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 230 ms 24 ms 23 ms 192.168.35.57
2 27 ms 26 ms 25 ms 192.168.32.3
3 49 ms 27 ms 25 ms las-bb1-link.telia.net [213.248.85.173]
4 25 ms 30 ms 32 ms xe-4-2-0.edge1.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.68.110.221]
5 40 ms 25 ms 25 ms vlan90.csw4.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.144.254]
6 24 ms 44 ms 23 ms ae-92-92.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.29]
7 31 ms 31 ms 33 ms ae-1-4.bar2.Phoenix1.Level3.net [4.69.133.37]
8 49 ms 34 ms 34 ms ae-5-5.car2.Phoenix1.Level3.net [4.69.148.121]
9 33 ms 41 ms 33 ms CBS-CORPORA.car2.Phoenix1.Level3.net [4.53.106.166]
10 34 ms 35 ms 34 ms ae2-0.io-phx1-ex8216-1.cnet.com [64.30.227.54]
11 39 ms 40 ms 100 ms phx1-rb-gtm1-tron-xw-lb.cnet.com [64.30.224.103]


Trace complete.

C:\Users>ping forums.cnet.com

Pinging phx1-rb-gtm1-tron-xw-lb.cnet.com [64.30.224.103] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.30.224.103: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=246
Reply from 64.30.224.103: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=246
Reply from 64.30.224.103: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=246
Reply from 64.30.224.103: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 64.30.224.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 45ms, Average = 39ms

To answer your question as best as one can

all software and hardware involved in the path from point a to point b.

Software more commonly seen software would include dns lookup, error correction protocols, security software [firewall, proxy, VPN, etc..] and the protocol itself http versus ftp versus gopher, versus, whatever else is out there and tcp or udp, etc..] It would take years to learn every single way ping is effected on just your providers network alone, that does not include the actual internet. A better way to go about this is to trouble shoot the things that can be controlled on your end.

That said the more common problems are improperly set up firewall on your end, computer on your end overloaded on CPU usage, loose or damage cables somewhere [phone or coax, ethernet], etc..

Some services are slower [higher ping] than others ie dial up you used to be lucky to pull 300ms ping times, now people want 3 off their fiber/cable and its not realistic in most cases.

What service do you have for internet?
What are these awful ping times you seem to have?
What application is showing you them?